People do not live the same way today that they did 100 years ago when this colonial-style gambrel farmhouse was built. In this update with a master suite and kitchen addition, not a single square inch was left untouched! One of the key constraints was the directive that the addition should mesh seamlessly with the…
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Des Moines Rehabbers Club
The Des Moines Rehabbers Club is an organization whose mission is to promote revitalization in the City of Des Moines by encouraging, supporting, and promoting preservation and renovation. I am co-organizer and current Board Member. This group is loosely based on one I helped organize in St. Louis in the early ’00s. Originally started by…
Managing a Historic Rehabilitation Project
This presentation is intended to help participants establish a foundation of basic knowledge about the historic property redevelopment process – particularly as it relates to rehabilitation of historic homes and small commercial buildings. Learning Objectives I have presented this several times for audiences at Iowa’s statewide historic preservation conference, the Preserve Iowa Summit.